London Liverpool Street

  • Most and least used railway stations in Britain revealed

    Most and least used railway stations in Britain revealed

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    The most used station recorded 80.4 million entries and exits while the least used recorded only 34.

  • From the archive: Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Railway

    From the archive: Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Railway

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    By Scott Damant, General Manager’s Office, Great Eastern Railway. First published November 1899.

  • Celebrities and conservationists campaign against Liverpool Street station development

    Celebrities and conservationists campaign against Liverpool Street station development

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    Broadcaster Stephen Fry and artist Tracey Emin are among dozens of public figures and conservationists urging the Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to prevent a “grossly opportunistic” development of a major London railway station.

  • Bishopsgate Tunnel track replaced

    Bishopsgate Tunnel track replaced

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    ALMOST a mile of track has been replaced in Bishopsgate Tunnel, on the approach to London Liverpool Street, Britain’s third busiest station.  The renewal of more than 1,550 metres of track, sleepers and ballast was carried out over six consecutive weekends, and was complicated by the confined space, limited ventilation, a need to maintain timetabled…

  • TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

    TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

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    Transport for London’s Overground operation has transformed services on many local railways in the capital. As the city’s population grows and demand increases, its train fleet is expanding to create additional capacity. Ben Jones visits the modernised Gospel Oak to Barking line to sample the first Bombardier ‘Aventra’ design to enter service. Class 710 is the…

  • May timetable brings more seats and trains – but no repeat of 2018 chaos

    May timetable brings more seats and trains – but no repeat of 2018 chaos

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    New timetables came into force across the UK network on May 19, adding around 1,000 additional services.

  • Headboard memories for trainspotters of a certain age

    Headboard memories for trainspotters of a certain age

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    Two headboards will bring back memories for we trainspotters.

  • Coming up in Issue 251 of HR: Life in the Booking Office

    Coming up in Issue 251 of HR: Life in the Booking Office

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    Adam Carpenter shares his experiences of volunteering as a booking clerk and porter at the Epping Ongar Railway on the increasingly-popular Essex heritage line. My very first real railway memory involves heritage traction. In 1993, at the age of seven, I attended an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the short…

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